Counsel
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[42:5]
The uppermost heavens are well-nigh rent asunder [for awe of Him]; and the angels extol their Sustainer’s limitless glory and praise, and ask forgiveness for all who are on earth.
Oh, verily, God alone is truly-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!

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* v.5 : I.e., all human beings (as indicated by the relative pronoun man, which always refers to beings endowed with conscious intelligence). The implication is that whereas all humans – whether believers or unbelievers – are liable to err and to sin, God “is full of forgiveness unto men despite all their evildoing” (13:6). See also the first sentence of 10:11 and the corresponding note 17.